Overview of noun instructions

The noun instructions has 1 sense

• instruction manual, instructions, book of instructions, operating instructions -- (a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it)

Overview of noun instruction

The noun instruction has 4 senses

• direction, instruction -- (a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them")


• education, instruction, teaching, pedagogy, didactics, educational activity -- (the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill; "he received no formal education"; "our instruction was carefully programmed"; "good classroom teaching is seldom rewarded")


• teaching, instruction, pedagogy -- (the profession of a teacher; "he prepared for teaching while still in college"; "pedagogy is recognized as an important profession")


• instruction, command, statement, program line -- ((computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program)